Access our research platformsSign-in to our platforms to access our extensive research, our latest insight, data and analytics and to connect to our industry experts.What have I got to do to make you love me? What have I got to do to make you care?You can imagine the Majors' CEOs musing over Elton John's lyrics, wondering what it takes to win over investors after the stock market's dismissive rece...Read More
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Access our research platformsSign-in to our platforms to access our extensive research, our latest insight, data and analytics and to connect to our industry experts.What have I got to do to make you love me? What have I got to do to make you care?You can imagine the Majors' CEOs musing over Elton John's lyrics, wondering what it takes to win over investors after the stock market's dismissive rece...Read More
Access our research platformsSign-in to our platforms to access our extensive research, our latest insight, data and analytics and to connect to our industry experts.What have I got to do to make you love me? What have I got to do to make you care?You can imagine the Majors' CEOs musing over Elton John's lyrics, wondering what it takes to win over investors after the stock market's dismissive rece...Read More
Access our research platformsSign-in to our platforms to access our extensive research, our latest insight, data and analytics and to connect to our industry experts.What have I got to do to make you love me? What have I got to do to make you care?You can imagine the Majors' CEOs musing over Elton John's lyrics, wondering what it takes to win over investors after the stock market's dismissive rece...Read More
Almost exactly two years ago, the Venezuelan government signed a decree creating the Mining Arc of the Orinoco River National Development Strategic Zone, a project that outlined a 111,843 Sq.Km concession area (12.2 per cent of the country's landmass) for mining gold, diamond, iron ore, copper, bauxite, coltan, among other resources.Twenty-four months later, environmentalists say that the idea of...Read More
Miners in northwest Papua New Guinea reported some damage to infrastructure following a powerful magnitude 7.5 earthquake on the weekend, as projects in the resource-rich region assess the impact on their operations.Barrick Gold Corp said a power station that supplies its Porgera gold mine had been damaged, while Ok Tedi Mining Ltd said a landslip had blocked a road and damaged pipelines to its co...Read More
(Bloomberg) - BHP Billiton Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Andrew Mackenzie touted $200 million in productivity gains at its giant Escondida copper mine in Chile, the world's largest. While that's music to the ears of investors pushing for the industry to extract more profit from operations, it may also be welcomed by Escondida workers as ammunition for their upcoming wage talks.Escondida's Union...Read More
By Nicole MordantHOLLYWOOD, Fla., Feb 26 (Reuters) - Several parties are interested in buying Freeport-McMoRan Inc's cobalt project in the Democratic Republic of Congo but not at a price that would interest the miner and so it is not planning a sale, Freeport's chief executive officer said.As a result, Freeport is looking at other options for the asset, including possibly a joint venture to develo...Read More
CALGARY, Alberta, Feb. 26, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Copper Fox Metals Inc. (“Copper Fox” or the “Company”) (TSX-V:CUU) (OTC-Pink:CPFXF) is pleased to provide its consolidated 2017 year end operating and financial results. All of the Company’s material subsidiaries are wholly owned except for Carmax Mining Corp. (“Carmax”) (TSX-V:CUX), of which the Co...Read More
Abraham Jonker is interim CEO.Bonifacio, NCU's founder, retired earlier this month but is staying on the board as a non-executive director. He was credited with being an integral figure in the recently announced US$378 million recapitalisation and financing of the company, setting it up to move forward rapidly with plans to complete underground development and move into production next year.NCU ha...Read More
Drifting into the doldrums?The Baltic Dry Shipping Index came to prominence at the start of the Chinese-led commodity supercycle around a decade ago.The London-based Baltic Exchange tracks the cost of moving commodities along more than 50 routes around the world and the BDI is considered one of the go-to barometers of the global economy and a leading indictor of commodity prices.In November 2015 t...Read More
Garibaldi Resources Corp. (TSX-V:GGI), a Vancouver-based explorer with projects in British Columbia and Mexico, topped the TSX Venture Exchange's Top 50 rankings in 2017 with a 2,351% year-over-year gain in market value in 2017.More than 150,000,000 of Garabaldi's shares were traded throughout the year, while its share prices appreciated 1,722% over the course of 2017. The Venture 50 ranking is ba...Read More
Member of the European Parliament L?-dia Senra filed a complaint before the European Commission denouncing the breach of a tailings pond in the Touro municipality, located in the Galicia autonomous community, northwestern Spain.The tailings pond was part of an old copper/gold mining complex operated by the Mining and Metallurgical Society of Pe??arroya and R?-o Tinto Pati??o. According to the MEP,...Read More
Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT in Aachen, Germany, want to build a machine that is able to disassemble two mobile phones in one minute and remove its components to, later on, extract metals from them.The process is known as urban mining and it aims to recover raw materials such as copper, silver, gold, neodymium, and tantalum from old electronic devices. The metals...Read More
A 20-year friendship that helped turn Dan Gertler into a billionaire has left the Israeli businessman with a lot fewer places to go.The U.S. government accused Gertler of corrupt mining and oil deals in the Democratic Republic of Congo and said he acted as a middle-man to enrich his longtime buddy, President Joseph Kabila. The two have been close since Gertler arrived as a young diamond merchant...Read More
Mining giant Rio Tinto (LON, ASX:RIO) will seek approval to build a power plant at its giant Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine in Mongolia and so comply with a 2009 investment agreement that calls for local suppliers to power the operation.The move, however, would add further costs to an ongoing $5.3 billion underground expansion of the mine, said Oyu Tolgoi LLC, Mongolia's largest copper and gold...Read More
Power Americas Minerals (TSX-V: PAM) / (OTCQX: PWMRF) is well positioned among roughly 18 juniors exploring for Cobalt ("Co") (and associated gold/silver) in the world-class, past-producing Silver-Cobalt Mining Camp in northeastern Ontario, Canada. Although reports vary, something on the order of 400-750 M ounces of Silver ("Ag") and 40-50 M pounds of Co were produced in the district. Power...Read More
Gold is faring quite well today technically, though you sure wouldn't know it from the rampant bearish sentiment. Gold's price is in a strong uptrend over a year old, high in both its current upleg and young bull market. Gold isn't far from breaking out to its best levels since September 2013, a really big deal. The stock markets even finally sold off after years of unnatural calm. Yet tra...Read More
SHANGHAI, Feb 23 (SMM) –Copper: We see copper continue to rebound after touching a low at 51,000 yuan/mt ahead of Chinese New Year. LME copper is expected to trade at $7,140-7,200/mt today with SHFE copper at 53,200-53,900 yuan/mt. In the physical market, spot discounts are seen smaller at 250-180 yuan/mt as downstream customers resume operations gradually.Aluminium: LME aluminium is expecte...Read More